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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Essene /ˈɛsiːn/

▶noun a member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect of the 2nd century bc–2nd century ad in Palestine.

– origin from L. Esseni (pl.), from Gk Essēnoi, perh. from Aramaic.

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